Exploring Silence and Absence in Discourse Empirical Approaches [Hardcover]

This book fills a significant gap in the field by addressing the topic of absence in discourse. It presents a range of proposals as to how we can identify and analyse what is absent, and promotes the empirical study of absence and silence in discourse. The authors argue that these phenomena should hold a more central position in the field of discourse, and discuss these two topics at length in this innovative edited collection. It will appeal to students and scholars interested in discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis.

1 Introduction

Melani Schr?ter and Charlotte Taylor?

Part I Comparison as Means to Identify Silence and Absence?

2 Not for Twitter: Migration as a Silenced Topic in the Spanish General Election

Manuel Alc?ntara-Pl? and Ana Ruiz-S?nchez?

3 Absence in Visual Narratives: The Story of Iran and Pakistan across Time

Sameera Durrani?

4 Intimations of Spring? What Got Said and What Didnt Get Said about the Start of the Middle Eastern/North African Uprisings: A Corpus-assisted Discourse Study of a Historical Event

5 Cross-media Studies as a Method to Uncover Patterns of Silence and Linguistic Discrimination of Sexual Minorities in Ugandan Print Media

Cecilia Strand?

6 Critically Illuminating Relevant Absences in Public Sphere Arguments via Digital Mining of Their Weblinks: A Software-based Pedagogy

Kieran OHalloran?

7 Silence and Absence in Chinese Smog Discourses

Jiayi Wang and D?niel Z. K?d?r?

Part II Exploring Means that Produce Silence and Absence?

Patricia von M?nchow?

9 Whats Not in a Frame? AnallÃñ